Lowe William Bill (5 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Spotless and undamaged except for slight marks on front and back covers where a paper clip was used to attach something to the magazine. All else is clean, bright and undamaged. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "1925 Sixtieth Anniversary 1985" by Don Dedera; "Harquahala & Beyond: A Tale of Two Valleys" by Joseph Stocker; "The Last Water Hole" by Joseph Stocker; "Harquahala's Pioneer Observatory" by Bob Whitaker; "Arizoniques"; "The Eagle Tails" by William Howard O'Brien; "Welcome to La Paz" by David Lavender; "Entertaining 750,000 Rockhounds" by Sam Lowe; "Where to Go, What to See in La Paz Country" by Bill Brennan; "Sun, Silence, Bighorns" by Charles Bowden; and "Bookshelf" by Budge Ruffner.

First edition (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). xii, 275 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Black dust jacket lightly rubbed, minor bump at spine head. Black boards with bold white stamping to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Attorney Bill Waller served as governor of Mississippi from 1972 to 1976. With Preface and Index. Features sixteen chapters titled as: "The Inauguration;" "A Journey of a Thousand Years;" "My Lafayette County Boyhood;" "In a Hurry;" "Capitol Street Lawyer;" "The Family Circle;" "Call to Public Service;" "The Beckwith Trials;" "Mississippi Standing Still;" "Campaign of 1971;" "The Transition;" "Straight Ahead;" "Education-The Highest Priority;" "The Mansion Project;" and "Life After Politics." Five appendices titled as: "Inaugural Address;" "First State of the State Address;" "Last State of the State Address;" "Achievements of the Waller Administration;" and "Colonels and Aides de Camp." {Shelf #2} ISBN 9781934193044.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. Large book:Dimensions 265mm x 190mm.pp. 548.Signed presentation copy: "Mrs. Booth, with affectionate regards from yours, ever sincerely, Vincent A. Applin." / Vincent A. Applin was Secretary to the Executive Committee of the American Exhibition in London in 1897. This was the show that made William Cody (Buffalo Bill) a household name with his Wild West show./ Original publisher's cloth binding in Black, lettered gilt with an illustration of the four emblems of each exhibition and the statement in gilt the front cover:"Peace has her Victories no less renowned than War." Black and white illustrations. Gilt top edge and hand cut pages. Frontispiece photograph of John R. Whitley, the exhibition organiser./John Robinson Whitley, (1843Ğ1922) was a British entrepreneur who inaugurated the Earl's Court Exhibition Grounds in West London in 1887. After four major exhibitions on the site (1887Ğ1892), he moved to France where in partnership with Allen Stoneham, he developed Touquet-Paris-Plage and created Hardelot-Plage. He was a brother-in-law of pioneering French cinematographer, Louis Aim Augustin Le Prince and grandfather of Air marshal Sir John Whitley. Very good indeed. Front cover split at spine. Very slight tanning and foxing. Signedes.